> Saying "it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot with C" is not constructive criticism because what's easy for you could be difficult for me. That’s a fair po

> Saying "it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot with C" is not constructive criticism because what's easy for you could be difficult for me. That’s a fair point. Unfortunately I think that in order to really talk about the pros and cons, we’d need a relatively specific situation. Toy examples are just that… toy examples. FWIW most of the time I will make language choices based on the expected lifetime of a particular project, the relative expertise of team members working on a project, and the ease of delivering bug fixes.